The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts have come a long way since its early days as a relatively unknown sport. Today, MMA is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, with millions…
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), established in 1800, was made an official sport through the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 1992. When we think of MMA, self-defense or brutality comes to…
This year will be my busiest year to date, having the opportunity to work over 40 shows from coast to coast. Each and every time, my goal is to help…
Opinions are everywhere, and we are all entitled to them. Favorite burger, preferred MMA, fighting style, the topics are many. Those discussions can be fun given there is no empirical…
In my world as a cutman, there are proper procedures and simple expressions of respect for anatomy and my education that has me tape a certain way, grease a fighter…
I'm grateful to say I've been busy recently, and that trend looks to continue for the rest of the summer. Shows in FL, IN, NE, MO, and WI just this…
Veteran MMA cutman David Maldonado returns from California after having worked a couple of events and shares his observations of what he sees when coaches and cornermen who don't really…
Jessamyn Duke's controversial knockout loss to Miriam Nakamoto at Invicta FC 5 on April 5 has been overturned to a No Contest by the Missouri Office of Athletics.
I would welcome the chance to simply have open tryouts for cutmen at shows. Let the real experts prove themselves and earn their place. Fighters have to do it, just…
MMA as a sport (already a topic of argument for some, but I leave that for another day) is an industry without much legislation, enforcement, expectation and requirement as seen…